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TIL that the word 'Rizz' was Oxford's word of the year for 2023, beating the words Swiftie, situationship and de-influencing.

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7rDax TIL about the Vajont Dam Disaster. In 1963 after reporting numerous warning signs about the the risks of a landslide some journalists were sued by the goverment for "undermining the social order". A landslide eventually occurred causing an overflow and killing between 1,900 and 2,500 people
VMxd0 TIL that the Subway Sandwich rolls in the US are so sweet that Ireland ruled them too sugary to be considered bread.
LkKGd TIL We are currently in the Stelliferous Era, which in the grand scale of the universe is the age where stars are created throughout the universe. Eventually all stars will burn out, & we will enter the Black Hole Era followed by the Dark Era, where there is no longer any light in the universe.
VMYGG TIL the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery is that a graveyard is connected to a church but a cemetery stands alone.
e465 TIL Ashton Kutcher is a product engineer at Lenovo and invested in Skype and Foursquare when they were startup companies